Extract(s) from Flying Log Book 1


Date: 06-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 1. Air experience - 1a. Familiarity with cockpit layout - 2. Effect of controls - 3. Taxying and handling of engine - 4. Straight and level flight - 5. Climbing gliding and stalling - 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing - 10. Spinning (1.A.L.) - 18. Action in the event of fire - 18a. Abandoning an aircraft


Date: 07-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing - 10. Spinning (1.A.L 1.A.R)(1BL)


Date: 08-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 11-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 11-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 11-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 1st SOLO TEST - 5. Climbing gliding and stalling - 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing - 18. Action in the event of fire - 18a. Abandoning an aircraft - 10. Spinning (1AL 1AR)


Date: 11-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 11. FIRST SOLO


Date: 12-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 12-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 13-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 13-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 13-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 6. Medium turns - 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing


Date: 14-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 14. Low flying - 15. Steep turns - 16. Climbing turns - 10. Spinning (1AL 1AR)


Date: 14-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Steep turns - 16. Climbing turns


Date: 16-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ553

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 16-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ553

Duty: 8. Powered approach and landing - 15. Steep turns - 16. Climbing turns


Date: 17-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ553

Duty: 9. Gliding approach and landing - 17. Forced landing


Date: 18-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ553

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 20-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ553

Duty: 9. Gliding approach and landing - 15. Steep turns - 16. Climbing turns - 17. Forced landing


Date: 20-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ552

Duty: 14. Low flying - 15. Steep turns - 17. Forced landing


Date: 20-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ552

Duty: 7. Taking off into wind - 8. Powered approach and landing - 15. Steep turns - 17. Forced landing


Date: 21-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 21-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Steep turns - 17. Forced landing


Date: 22-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 23-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ554

Duty: 15 HOUR TEST


Date: 23-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Steep turns - 17. Forced landing


Date: 23-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 23. Air navigation


Date: 24-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 23. Air navigation


Date: 24-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 23. Air navigation (Departures)


Date: 24-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ561

Duty: 10. Spinning (1AL) - 23. Air navigation


Date: 25-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ687

Duty: 10. Spinning (1AL) - 17. Forced landing - 23. Air navigation


Date: 25-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 13. Precautionary landing - 19. Instrument flying


Date: 25-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 13. Precautionary landing


Date: 26-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 13. Precautionary landing


Date: 26-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ555

Duty: 25. NAVIGATION TEST


Date: 26-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ551

Duty: 10. Spinning (2AL) - 23. Air navigation


Date: 27-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 25. Cross country (Peterborough)


Date: 27-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 13. Precautionary landing - 22. Aerobatics


Date: 27-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Steep turns - 17. Forced landing - 22. Aerobatics


Date: 28-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Steep turns


Date: 28-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 25. Cross country (Kingston-Perth-Picton)


Date: 28-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 15. Cross country (Picton-Tweed-Kingston)


Date: 30-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 30-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 9. Gliding approach and landing - 17. Forced landing


Date: 30-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ550

Duty: 19. Instrument flying (1 IF.TO)


Date: 31-Mar-42 —  hrs    Unit: Kingston   Squadron: 31 SFTS  

Aircraft flown: Harvard   AJ692

Duty: 26. Night flying (5 landings)